Not every single Christian is called to be a leader.
Romans 12: 6-8 (NLT)
In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
13 comments:
Eric said…
With that verse, I think you mean “Not every single Christian is called to be a leader.” However, if you quote Matthew 20:25-28, it could stand as is.
Happy National Grammar Day!
March 4, 2010 9:17 AM
Recovering Alumni said…
Thanks, Eric. No matter how I worded that sentence, it sounded strange to me. I fixed it per your suggestion. Gracias!
March 4, 2010 11:36 AM
Eric said…
Little perks of having a copyeditor on board. 🙂 Though I did kind of like the double meaning of the original: According to Jesus, “leadership” really means humility and service– so in that sense, none of us is called to be a “leader” as many would define it!
March 4, 2010 2:14 PM
z said…
I’m really glad you addressed this point, RA. I’ve often wondered what was with TM’s obsession with leadership. I think sometimes they take the phrase “lead someone to Christ” (which we are all called to do) and extend that to mean all Christians are called to leadership. Leading someone to Christ and holding a leadership position are two very different concepts. True, not all Christians are called to leadership. If all Christians were leaders, who would be left to lead?
March 4, 2010 9:29 PM
Richard Ferris – FreedomBy2 said…
“Follow me as I follow Christ” is what Paul wrote. If all were leaders….who would be followers?
March 10, 2010 5:59 AM
Anonymous said…
Newsflash: When I was at TM, no one ever said every Christian was supposed to be a leader. What’s more, it was made clear that not every Christian is going to be a leader.
March 10, 2010 11:07 PM
Recovering Alumni said…
Well, you must have been there a LONG time ago…
March 10, 2010 11:07 PM
Shiloh said…
Well. No R.A. Anon is right. It was that the people at T.M. were called to be leaders. I remember many a class where Mr. Hasz would say – “After you leave here people are going to want to follow you. It’s just going to… happen. Because YOU gave a year of your life, you are taking the time to develop yourself. That’s why I’m here. To develop you as leaders.”
*This of course is not an exact quote. But I don’t believe I’m very far off from near quotation.
March 14, 2010 9:41 AM
Jeremy said…
NewsFlash…really? If your Man you’ll be leading your family, same goes for the ladies, if end up becoming manager at the office, then you are leader there as well, if you simply teaching a group a church or anywhere you leader there too. so is every christian called to be a leader no..but we all lead in someway in our lives. leadership skills always come in handy.
March 31, 2010 10:12 PM
Shiloh said…
Right Jeremy.
March 31, 2010 11:33 PM
Recovering Alumni said…
Jeremy,
I guess it depends on how you define “leader.” The spiritual gift of leadership is not given to everyone – see the verse above.
March 31, 2010 11:34 PM
Jeremy said…
Right RA.
April 1, 2010 6:35 PM
kimlynn1225 said…
It’s funny how Christians put so much weight on the “lesser” gifts. When Paul closes out the chapter on spiritual gifts, he said “I will show you a more excellent way”. Then he goes into the love chapter.
However he also says when I was a child I spoke like a child, thought like a child and behaved like a child. Love is maturity, which TM puts less weight on. I don’t think I ever really heard love mentioned while I was at TM. Not saying it wasn’t, just don’t remember it.
May 5, 2010 12:18 AM